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“I knew that with all the rain this week it was only a matter of time,” said Susan Scott.

She lives across the street from the Salmon and a small creek runs near her yard.

Everything flooded by Wednesday morning and she lost power.

“I called the fire department out here twice this morning to try to pump out the basement, but there's nothing they can do because there's no way to put the water,” Scott said.

Farther down the Salmon in Malone, N.Y., Ronnie Benware had a similar problem. The water came right up to his house. Fortunately, the water did not make it to the basement.

“The rain just accumulated. It has nowhere to go,” Benware said. “The ground is just saturated.”

Flooding is common along the Salmon. In 2010, parts of Fort Covington flooded from ice jams, and earlier this year, Malone had similar problems from frozen blocks in the river.

Still, the June 2013 flood may go down as one of the worst.

Back in Fort Covington, the neighborhood at the end of Salmon Street was under feet of water. Neighbors said at least three families had to be rescued.

“People said that it's the first year that people have really seen it this bad,” said Ann Jock.

By Wednesday night, the water was beginning to recede and the Red Cross was helping out neighbors.

The plan for the next few days? “Pray that it doesn’t rain here for a while,” said Thomas Jock.

Franklin County emergency officials surveyed the damage in a helicopter Wednesday.

“We have some roads that are completely destroyed,” said Ricky Provost. “Some culverts are sitting on top of the road or sitting on top where the pipe once was. We've got bridges that are damaged so, it's going to take some time to do an assessment.”